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The Tour of Monte Rosa diaries

In September 2015 I hiked a variant of the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile circular backpacking route in the Western Alps. This is a superb but fairly tough route incorporating a wide variety of terrain: alpine forest, high mountain environments, fertile valleys, a glacier, and a 3,000m mountain

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 9

10/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 8

09/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 7

08/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 6

07/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 5

06/09/2024 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 4

05/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 3

04/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 2

03/09/2015 This is part of a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2 and

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Tour of Monte Rosa day 1

02/09/2015 This is the first in a series of blog posts live from the Tour of Monte Rosa, a 100-mile backpacking route in the Alps. The Tour of Monte Rosa trail blog series Day 1: Zermatt to Täschalp Day 2: Europaweg stage 1 Day 3: Europaweg stage 2